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Old 08-09-2010, 12:55 AM   #1
iamomen
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Question Dream-box ( Gemini Linux) VPN PPTP installation


Hey all,

I have a dream-box running Gemini project i need to run a pptp client on the machine but i cant compile i tried downloading and extracting pptp-1.7.2.tar.gz and executing sh Makefile but with no avail. anyone can help me compile this because its not working for some reason.

here is the uname:
uname -a
Linux dm800 2.6.18-7.3-dm800

first 8 lines of me trying to run Makefile

root@dm800:~/pptp-1.7.2# sh Makefile
Makefile: line 7: PPPD: not found
Makefile: line 10: DESTDIR: not found
Makefile: line 11: DESTDIR: not found
Makefile: line 12: DESTDIR: not found
Makefile: line 14: CC: not found
Makefile: line 15: RM: not found
Makefile: line 16: -O0: not found
Makefile: line 17: DEBUG: not found
Makefile: line 18: INCLUDE: not found

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Old 08-09-2010, 05:48 AM   #2
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You dont compile using `sh Makefile`. The correct command is `make`. Pls try that and let us know how it goes. If you find `make` command unavailable you'll have to install gcc packages on your system.
 
  


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